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By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) "volunteers" suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process.

Sergeant William Charles Bradley, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, was a member of Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken prisoner of war on December 1, 1950, during his unit's fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri toward Sanchon, North Korea. He died during his forced march to a prisoner holding point in the Pukchin-Tarigol, and was likely buried or left where he fell. He has not been identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Bradley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Deferred.

William C Bradley